HYPHASOMA. 



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angles not produced. Scutelhim small, triangular, impunctate. 

 Elytra broader than the. prothorax at the base, more or less 

 parallel-sided behind this ; surface confusedly and closely punctate 

 with moderately strong punctures ; there is a fringe of remotely 

 placed setae all round the edge. Underside finely pubescent ; 

 first segment of posterior tarsi not longer than the two following 

 segments together. 

 Length, 5£ mm. 



Ceylon : Kandy, vi. 1908 (G. E. Bryant). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



Described from five examples. There is a sixth example, 

 which is somewhat larger but of the same shape ; it is entirely 

 dark pitch brown, but this coloration may be due to the 

 extension and confluence of the normal dark mottlings. 



109. Hyphasoma dhusara *, sp. nov. 



Body suboblong, somewhat wider behind. Colour dirty grey- 

 brown ; the five specimens before me are all mottled with black, 

 and three of them have a generally darker shade ; underside 

 dirty grey mixed with blackish colour, some parts being darker 

 than others ; distal segments of antennae slightly darker than the 

 basal three. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations broad, inter- 

 antennal carina well developed. Antennas extending to about 

 the middle of the elytra ; first segment long and club-shaped, 

 second shorter than either first or third ; the following segments 

 almost equal. Protliorax much broader than long; surface convex, 

 sloping down at the sides in front, very minutely and remotely 

 punctate, the punctures being visible under a high power and in 

 a suitable light; lateral edges slightly reflexed, anterior angles 



Fig. 66. — Hyphasoma dhusara, Maulik. 



* Sanskrit, " grey colour." 



